Friday, July 28, 2017

JD & Gunner combine their mind powers to review July 19th comics. First they talk about the live action Aladdin cast, Wreck It Ralph 2, SDCC news; second JL & Defenders trailers, Stranger Things Season 2 trailer, Bright, Ready Player One, new Telltale seasons, and much more. JD did mostly DC comics and Pablo mostly covers Marvel books. For Runner-Up & BBOW JD went with slice of life and Gunner went for wordy stuff. Find out what they are and what grades they give the rest.

It
starts with Arrow and Flash partnering up. They find a murder scene so
Barry does his thing. That leaves him occupied while Oliver heads to
D.C. Unfortunately someone kills a military figure to further the ninth
circles agenda. When Green catches up with that guy Wonder Woman gets
involved. She stops him from doing his thing that results in the guy
getting away. They do a stakeout after a gripping talk. That ends in
what looks like a win but is definitely a lead to the next possible
contributor to the ninth circle. It looks absolutely amazing. The story
was well structured. It's another brick in a superbly built wall.

Grade: STRONG BUY!!! & CONTENDER

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Universe #12 $4.99

Writers: Erik Burnham with Sophie Campbell

Artist: Sophie Campbell

Colorist: Brittany Peer

This
story begins with a woman getting shot in Japan. The accidental
assailant drives off but the shot woman chases her down. They have a
quick bout before the shooter gets away. Then it switches over to an old
man trying to train the falcon and shark mutants, Koya & Bludgeon.
Karai arrives but passes out . The old man gives her a talking to after
she wakes. She leaves to settle a score. This essentially sets Karai up
to possibly be back in the main TMNT title. Artistically it was
stunning. It was in the vein of an Akira manga style.

Story, Art, & Letters: Sophie Campbell

This
is just a short illustration with Koya trying to kill herself. In her
failure she hears a voice that speaks to her. An ornament of some kind
appears as well. My assumption is that this is one of the gods
tampering. It's only part one so we'll see where it leads. Overall both
stories were solid. The first definitely being the stronger of the two
but that's also because it was longer. The art was done by the same
artist so it was similar. The art in the second story was way more
erratic. That is both a good and bad thing. It stood on its own as a
different story but was a little convoluted at first. Once it was clear
as to what was going on I wanted to know more. It really just felt like
not much more than a teaser. Nonetheless, as a combined work it deserves
high marks.

Grade: STRONG BUY!!!

Descender #22 $3.99

Written by Jeff Lemire

Illustrated by Dustin Nguyen

Telsa
is drowning, Andy is getting attacked by an army of robots. Dr Quon
begs Tim-22 to save Telsa. In his fit of rage he realizes he has the key
to his own freedom from his captor. On the other end the full range of
the evil robot army is unleashed. At the same time the UGC fleet
arrives. This was a nice, short, easy, enjoyable read. It was unexpected
and unpredictable. The visuals were stellar and well done but not much
variety of color.